Grand cheesecake selection

What's in the Grand cheesecake selection?

At 440 calories per serving, the Grand cheesecake selection represents about 22% of a 2,000-calorie daily intake. On the macronutrient side, roughly 5% of those calories come from protein, 61% from fat, and 37% from carbohydrates — a profile typical of The Cheesecake Factory's Imported section. Sodium is often the line to watch with sit-down chain entrees, and this dish delivers 115mg, or about 5% of the FDA's daily reference value. If you're watching salt, pairing the Grand cheesecake selection with a side salad (dressing on the side) and water rather than a sweetened beverage is the standard mitigation. Like most items at The Cheesecake Factory, the dish is built for shareable portions and is plated at restaurant scale rather than a strict single serving. Boxing half of it before you start is one of the simplest ways to bring the per-meal calorie load down meaningfully without giving up the experience.

How this fits a 2,000-calorie day

One serving of the Grand cheesecake selection supplies 440 calories, which represents roughly 22% of a 2,000-calorie reference day. That is on the lighter side for a sit-down restaurant entrée and gives a comfortable margin to add a starter, a side, or even dessert without crowding the day's caloric budget.

The macronutrient split lands at roughly 5% protein, 36% carbohydrate and 59% fat by calorie share — a useful frame because raw gram counts often understate how much of a dish's energy actually comes from fat. Protein content is modest at 6g, so the dish leans on carbohydrate and fat to do most of the calorie work. Pairing it with a protein-forward side helps balance the plate.

Sodium clocks in at 115mg, or about 5% of the FDA's 2,300mg daily reference value. That is well within a reasonable share for a single meal and gives plenty of room for the rest of the day. Saturated fat is the other line worth watching at 17g — about 85% of the daily reference value — primarily a long-term cardiovascular consideration rather than a single-meal one.

Allergen profile

Eggs Gluten Milk Peanuts Soybeans LECHE DE VACA SOYA Y TRIGO (GLUTEN).

The Grand cheesecake selection is flagged for Eggs, Gluten, Milk, Peanuts, Soybeans, LECHE DE VACA and SOYA Y TRIGO (GLUTEN). in the chain's posted allergen panel. The dairy component is most often in the sauce, the cheese topping or the butter used to finish the plate; an unsauced or sauce-on-the-side preparation can sometimes reduce — but rarely eliminate — the exposure. Egg appears most commonly in the pasta, the breading wash or the mayonnaise-based dressings rather than as a stand-alone ingredient. Peanut exposure is most commonly in dessert sauces or in the fryer oil used for certain limited-time offerings. Cross-contact in a shared kitchen is always possible, so when in doubt, ask the floor manager.

How it stacks up against the casual-dining category

Across the 61 Imported entries we track in this category — averaging 620 calories and 426mg sodium per serving — the Grand cheesecake selection at The Cheesecake Factory sits roughly 29% lighter than the category average. It also delivers 311mg less sodium than the typical Imported item we list, which is the more useful number if you're cross-shopping menus on the way to a reservation.

For direct cross-shopping, here are the closest Imported matches we track at competing chains:

Ordering strategy

If the Grand cheesecake selection is the entrée you want, the highest-leverage adjustments are usually the ones that change the surrounding meal rather than the dish itself. Because the entrée itself is moderate, you have headroom for an appetizer or a starter side without dropping into restrictive territory — useful for a longer dinner where the goal is to stretch the meal rather than minimize it. Sauces, dressings and finishing oils are routinely the largest hidden source of calories on a casual-dining plate; getting them on the side gives you direct portion control without changing the dish you actually want to eat.

Ingredients summary

Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers [carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums]), cream (nonfat milk, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80), sugar, chocolate crumb (wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], caramel color, sodium bicarbonate, whey [milk], salt), whole eggs, snickers bits (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, artificial flavor], peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, palm oil, skim milk, lactose, salt, egg whites, artificial flavor), sour cream (pasteurized grade a cultured milk, cream, nonfat milk solids, enzymes), margarine (palm oil, palm fractions, water, salt, emulsifiers [soya lecithin, distilled monoglycerides], natural butter flavor, citric acid [as antioxidant], vitamin a & beta-carotene), strawberry filling (strawberries, sugar, water, modified corn starch, natural flavor, citric acid, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate [preservatives], salt, agar, f.d. & c. red no. 40, f.d. & c. yellow no. 5), semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweeteened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [as emulsifier], artificial vanilla flavor), powdered sugar, graham crumb (wheat flour, whole wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, honey, sodium bicarbonate, salt), vanilla crumb (wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, whey [milk], salt, sodium bicarbonate, natural butter vanilla flavor), raspberry puree (sugar, red raspberry puree, glucose syrup, raspberry puree concentrate, coloring food [concentrates of carrot & black currant], pectin [gelling agent], citric acid [acidifier], potassium sorbate [preservative], carmine [color], natural flavor), white pastel coating (sugar, palm kernel oil and palm oils, whey, nonfat milk, titanium dioxide color, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor, and vanilla), unsweetened chocolate, caramel (invert sugar, cream [cream, carrageenan, mono-and diglycerides, polysorbate 80], sugar), egg whites, egg yolks, butter (cream), semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin [as emulsifier],artificial vanilla flavor, natural flavors), artificial vanilla flavor, white coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin [emulsifier], titanium dioxide [artificial color], and natural flavors), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, belgian unsweetened chocolate, whole milk powder, nonfat dry milk, milkfat, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla extract), light corn syrup (corn syrup, salt, vanilla extract [vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol]), cinnamon, salt, cream of tartar.

The bottom line

The Grand cheesecake selection from The Cheesecake Factory is a light entry on the chain's menu at 440 calories and 115mg of sodium per serving. Protein content is on the lower side for an entrée — pairing with a protein-forward side or starter is the obvious adjustment. Anyone tracking sodium specifically — including most people on blood-pressure medication — should weigh this dish against the chain's lower-sodium options on the same menu before committing.